Garment hanger and support



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GARMENT HANGER AND SUPPORT Filed July 11, 1939 Patented Sept. 17, 1940 UNITED STATES 2,215,345 GARMENT HANGER AND SUPPORT William J. Bandlow, Dudley, Mass.

Application July 11, 1939, Serial No. 283,853

1 Claim.

This invention relates to garment hangers and supports therefor.

It is one object of my invention to provide a garment hanger which will have no hook or other similar projection which might catch in a thin or netted fabric hung adjacent thereto.

A further object is to providea support on which my improved garment hangers may be conveniently and easily placed and from which accidental displacement is effectually prevented.

My invention further relates to arrangements and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

A preferred form of the invention is shown in the drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of my improved support with a garment hanger shown in partial perspective;

Fig. 2 is a partial sectional plan view, taken along the line 2-2 in Fig. 1; v

Fig. 3 is an end elevation, looking in the direction of the arrow 3 in Fig. 1;

' Fig. 4 is a detail sectional. view, taken along the line 44 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a side view of my improved hanger; and

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view, taken along the line 66 in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, my improved garment hanger, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, comrises a garment-supporting portion or frame I0 and a loop II by which the hanger may be suspended.

The loop I I is preferably made of a single piece of wire having its ends I2 inserted in spaced holes in the frame I0 and riveted or otherwise firmly secured therein. The loop I I and the portion III! of the frame II) which is between the 40 ends I2 of the loop II form a complete enclosure, with no free or projecting ends and with all exposed parts carefully and smoothly rounded.

This hanger thus has the outstanding advantage that, when placed alongside garments supported on adjacent hangers, no part of the frame It or loop II can catch or injure the fabric of the adjacent garment, even if it be made of lace or net or other very thin material.

While this hanger is adapted for general use and possesses the described advantages when thus used, it is also particularly adapted for use with my improved support, shown in detail in Figs. 1 to 4. This support comprises a bar of steel 20 to which a series of hooks 2| are attached. The bar 20 is pivoted near the lower end of a stud 24, and a return portion 25 of the bar 26 is similarly pivoted near the upper end of the stud 2a. A sleeve 2? is loosely mounted on the stud 24 between the bar 20 and the return portion 25, and holds these parts in definite spaced relation.

The bar 28 and return portion 25 also fit between flanges 3d and 3! of a bracket 32 which may be secured to a wall W or other supporting surface by screws 33. The stud 24 extends through the flanges 39 and 3t and thus pivotally connects the bar 2% to the bracket 32.

Each hook ZI is preferably formed of a single piece of wire, having one end it inserted and riveted in the bar 28 and having the other end (it (Fig. 6) welded or otherwise secured to the under side of the next hook ZI. Between the end portions tit and dI, the wire is bent to form the double hook portion ZI, the upper doubled end d2 of which preferably extends in a substantially circular curve slightly beyond a vertical plane passing through the center of curvature.

Another portion at of each hook wire is curved upward adjacent the bar 20 and is then inclined downward as indicated at M to the point where its end 4! is attached to the neXthook ZI.

With this construction, it is extremely easy to place the hangers on the hooks, as it is merely necessary to place the hanger below the bar 20 and then lift it directly upward. The loop I I will be guided automatically into some one of the converging passages P and will enter the associated hook ZI as indicated by the arrows a. in Fig. 1.

A garment may thus be attached to the hanger support with no attention paid to the exact location of the hooks, which is a great advantage when hanging a garment in a dark or crowded closet.

Furthermore, the extension of the hook at the point i2 is an important advantage, as'a garment once hung on a hook can only be removed by purposely raising the loop I I above the end 42 and then moving it to the right in Fig. 1, a combination of movements notlikely to occur without intent. 1 v

The pivotal mounting of the bar 2|], while de-' sirable under many conditions, may be omitted under other conditions, as the outstanding advantages of my invention do not particularly relate to the pivotal mounting.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claim, but what I claim is:

In the combination of a garment hanger having an attaching loop and a supporting member from which a plurality of said hangers may be adjacentlysuspended, that improvement which comprises a supporting bar in said member and a plurality of hooks mounted in longitudinal series below said bar, each hook consisting of a single piece of wire having one end extending upward and fixed in said bar and having its intermediate supporting portion doubled and curved upward and rearward beyond the center of its lower loop-engaging part and having its other end. forming a continuous curved connecting portion extending between two adjacent hooks and secured to the under side of said bar between said hooks and to the next adjacent hook and forming a continuous inclined guide to receiveand direct the attaching loop of a hanger when presented by upward movement for attachment to said supporting member.

WILLIAM J. BANDLOW. 

